§ Considered in Committee.
§ [Sir R. YOUNG in the Chair.]
§ I. Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1930, that the aggregate Expenditure on Army Services has not exceeded the aggregate sums appropriated for those Services and that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the net surplus of the Exchequer Grants for Army Services over the net Expenditure is £249,13912s.3d., namely:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Total Surpluses | … | 948,031 | 19 | 10 |
| Total Deficits | … | 698,892 | 7 | 7 |
| Net Surplus | … | £249,139 | 12 | 3 |
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Army Services as is necessary to make
| SCHEDULE-I. | |||||||||||||
| No. of Vote. | Army Services, 1929, Votes. | Deficits. | Surpluses. | ||||||||||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross Expenditure. | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | Surpluses of estimated over actual gross Expenditure. | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | Pay, etc., of the Army | — | 309,889 | 6 | 9 | 180,835 | 18 | 10 | — | ||||
| 2 | Territorial Army and Reserve Forces. | — | — | 123,491 | 0 | 2 | 6,995 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Medical Services | — | — | 30,431 | 13 | 0 | 3,742 | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Educational Establishments | — | 4,297 | 9 | 1 | 27,585 | 4 | 2 | — | ||||
| 5 | Quartering and Movements | 6,923 | 15 | 2 | 18,835 | 3 | 7 | — | — | ||||
| 6 | Supplies, Road Transport, and Remounts. | 20,303 | 16 | 9 | — | — | 11,288 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Clothing | 32,973 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 27,589 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | General Stores | — | — | 64,796 | 6 | 6 | 43,208 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | Warlike Stores | — | 1,948 | 14 | 10 | 42,963 | 10 | 5 | — | ||||
| 10 | Works, Buildings, and Lands | 39,231 | 3 | 10 | — | — | 92,228 | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Miscellaneous Effective Services. | — | — | 4,013 | 3 | 6 | 188,779 | 11 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | War Office | — | — | 2,830 | 0 | 2 | 3,177 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | Half-Pay, Retired Pay, and other Non-effective Charges for Officers. | — | 65,591 | 15 | 6 | 94,055 | 5 | 9 | — | ||||
| 14 | Pensions and other Non-effective Charges for Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Men, and others. | 74,036 | 11 | 11 | 118,399 | 8 | 7 | — | — | ||||
| 15 | Civil Superannuation, Compensation, and Gratuities. | 1,741 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 18 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| — | Balances irrecoverable and Claims abandoned. | 4,626 | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 179,836 | 11 | 2 | 519,055 | 16 | 5 | 571,022 | 2 | 6 | 377,009 | 17 | 4 | ||
| Total Deficits £698,892 | 7 | 7 | Total Surpluses £948,031 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||
| Net Surplus £249,139 12 3 |
§ II. Whereas it appears by the Air Appropriation Account for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1930, that the aggregate Expenditure on Air Services has not exceeded the aggregate sums appropriated for those Services and that, as shown in the Schedule hereto appended, the net surplus of the Exchequer Grants for Air Services over the net Expenditure is £79,435 13s. 4d., namely:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Total Surpluses | … | 147,742 | 0 | 3 |
| Total Deficits | … | 68,306 | 6 | 11 |
| Net Surplus | … | £79,435 | 13 | 4 |
§ good the said total deficits on other Grants for Army Services.
§
1. Resolved,
That the application of such sums be sanctioned."—[Mr. Shaw.]
§ And whereas the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have temporarily authorised the application of so much of the said total surpluses on certain Grants for Air Services as is necessary to make good the said total deficits on other Grants for Air Services.
§
2. Resolved,
That the application of such sums be sanctioned."—[Mr. Montague.]
| SCHEDULE. | |||||||||||||
| No. of Vote. | Air services, 1929, Votes. | Deficits. | Surpluses. | ||||||||||
| Excesses of actual over estimated gross Expenditure. | Deficiencies of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | Surpluses of estimated over actual gross Expenditure. | Surpluses of actual as compared with estimated Receipts. | ||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1 | Pay, etc., of the Air Force | — | — | 33,204 | 9 | 9 | 5,382 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | Quartering Stores (except Technical) Supplies, and Transport. | — | 531 | 2 | 8 | 5,941 | 15 | 3 | — | ||||
| 3 | Technical and Warlike Stores (including Experimental and Research Services). | 12,506 | 3 | 11 | 1,827 | 4 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| 4 | Works, Buildings, and Lands | 25,032 | 1 | 9 | — | — | 36,489 | 11 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Medical Services | — | — | 21,871 | 16 | 7 | 4,207 | 12 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Educational Services | — | — | 22,411 | 19 | 11 | 336 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | Auxiliary and Reserve Forces | 24,317 | 14 | 9 | — | — | 1,476 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Civil Aviation | — | 1,707 | 10 | 5 | 3,723 | 10 | 3 | — | ||||
| 9 | Meteorological and Miscellaneous Effective Services. | — | — | 3,769 | 15 | 0 | 2,764 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | Air Ministry | — | — | 1,437 | 10 | 10 | 1,624 | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | Half-Pay, Pensions, and other Non-effective Services. | — | — | 2,834 | 9 | 3 | 265 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| — | Balances irrecoverable and Claims abandoned. | 2,384 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||||
| 64,240 | 9 | 5 | 4,065 | 17 | 6 | 95,195 | 6 | 10 | 52,546 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Total Deficits £68,306 | 6 | 11 | Total Surpluses £ 147,742 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Net Surplus £79,435 13 4 |
§ Resolution to be reported To-morrow.